176: ‘Frolic’ With Craig Hockenberry

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show with his gigantic fleshy palms. Topics include Donald Trump's highly publicized meeting with a handful of U.S. tech company leaders (including Tim Cook), the release of Nintendo's Super Mario Run for iPhone, Uber's autonomous car that was caught cruising straight through a red light in San Francisco, and Craig's excellent new book, Making Sense of Color Management.

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Links:

• Craig's excellent new book, with a foreword by yours truly, Making Sense of Color Management, from A Book Apart.
• More from Craig on the story behind the book.
• Uber's carefully-worded PR spin on their autonomous car that was captured on video running a red light.
• Trump's tech summit meeting, and the look on Tim Cook's face.
• Poll shows U.S. Republicans rate Vladimir Putin 67 percent more favorably than Hillary Clinton, and 54 percent more favorably than Barack Obama. (Source.)